LA TIMES: Riot police clash with Musharraf foes

[L. Coyote]

The focus on Iran MAYBE SOMEDAY producing nukes is really misplaced when there are political forces trying to destabilize a nuclear power.

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Riot police clash with Musharraf foes Clash
By Laura King, Sep 29, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan30sep30,1,945421.story?coll=la-headlines-world&track=crosspromo


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In a stone-throwing melee in the heart of Pakistan's capital, riot police Saturday fired tear gas and beat lawyers and human-rights activists protesting President Pervez Musharraf's plans to have himself reelected while serving as chief of the military.

Dozens of people were reported hurt in the daylong clashes, which marked an escalation in political tensions that have roiled Pakistan for months amid a nationwide grassroots movement to oust Musharraf. ......

.... the country's Election Commission gave its final seal of approval Saturday to the Pakistani leader's plans to seek a new five-year term ... a vote he is almost certain to win.

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The high court had left the door open to Musharraf's disqualification by the Election Commission, but that body — which was handpicked by the Pakistani leader — formally accepted his candidacy. ..............